The Sun. — London, England, 1810-07-28 00:00:00

stances, and the obstinate• charaCter of the inlia• bit:ints. Of this dest riptiun in the emplOyment of movable Columns 'ir each 'military &stria, which aelin. , trout a common- centre, vaverse the district assigned Tro them in 'all directions,,and pur sue and dilstroy•the remains or first germs of the bands of insurgents in. their most secret retreats. Of this desCription also is the employment of a numerous Gendarmerie it the, provinces in the rear of 'the French armies,. who are specially charged with preserving the peace of the interior. Another of these means is the construction of several fops in the'different provinces which are . at a distance lrotn the ,seat of war. These petty sforts'are provided Avith garrisons, more or less numerous, and serve both as places of arms and central positions to the French troops. Thither are conveyed the supplies of artillery and ammunition necessary, as depots of reserve, for the support of the army in the field. form the points of rendezvous for the troops which Arrive froth France, and serve as ,de'po:s for the recruits and conscripts who - are there' trained and disciplined, preparatory to Altair being sent to join their respective corps. On the principal' mili- - tary road and line of comnpinication between Ma drid and Bayonne, severit; forts of `this description are already construaed, or the fortifications and ci tadels previously in existence, have been improved, and put in a state of defence. •Tlins the . city of Victoria has been strengthened with works which render it a military depot of considerable impor tance.. The citadel of sPancorbo, which stands on a steep rock; has, by the addition of some new works, been converted into an jrnprirtant fortress. The city of Burgos,. Which is of so much consequence, both in a political and military' point of view as the key of Old Castile' and ibegrand depot of the army destined to aEI against Portug i, now possesses a very strong citadel, the occupation 'of which secures the Obedience ofthat quarter of Old Castile. It is also said that. fortifications are oonsqueting at Aranda:, The. approaches to Madrid; which lie through a chain of rugged and,barren mountains, are' shut by the 'fort of Somo Sierra, built On a high precipice by the insurgents, and since, considerably enlarged. and improved by the French engineers. In Na varre and Arragon the several old forts have been put in a state of defence. The .works of Saragossa are also enlarged and Considerably improved, ce‘ii pared with their condition . . at ihe tie me. of the cele. brated siege of last j ear. 'l.'he .citadei Toledo, hich has bred - turf, commands the hanky the Tagus, and secures the pas : .age of ;bat ricer. Strong holds are alsci erecting in th'e province . of La 'Man- cha j 'aud tne desert. wountmos of the Sierra M o . ren4, In those qthitiers pal tiouhr attention, is paid to the eatabii,lllnent - of places: for tile rt:ception of dick, and wounded soldier,, and also magazines of all.kinds df necessaries, for the ti upply cit . the troops marching that way,.or bivouaking u 1 the environs." • MAILS. Aattivan-1 Dublin.. bus—J Lisbon, r Cadiz, a Water. ford. • -• PRICE OF'STOCI‘S THIS DAY AT T..VaLy 0'47 , 1,0 • CK. • Consols . 63i j l Red. Ann. 6941 j Omium 111, fi-E 8 UN. SOLEM QUIS DICER FAT SUM AUDSAT ? L N .1) A,' .S:VTIT:;DAY, JuLY 28, 1810. Intelligence was this, morning received at the Ad miralty from Capt. MENDS, of the Arethusdfrigate, , which states, that in consegnence,of an arrangement with the Junta of Gallicia, he had taken on board 500 Spanish troops, under Gen. PA uA, with which he had scoured the, whole. Northern Coast of Spain, from Bayonne to Cape Ortegal. In the course of hi s expedition, they took the town of Santona, but were impiccessful in an attempt supon Castro. Above 100 pieces of cannon were,spiked and de stroyed in different parts of the coast, and about 200 French troops were killed; ' These successes were obtained without the Joss of.a single, man on our pert, either English or Spanish. Indeed our force was increased by above 300 Spaniards who joined them during'the course of the Expedition. The following is an Extraa, from the log-book of ,the :Ship Veiled Kingdom, which has just arrived from Jamaica " On Sunday, 17th June, while standing .to the northward, across the Bight of Loagane, during the night, a heavy cannonading was, heard in the N. E: quarter. On approaching Cape Nicola, before day, on the 181 h, the fire of 'cannon was distinEtly seen to be from batteries nn, the hills that command the town of Cape ''Nicola, and were . evidentlY firing on the town. When day appeared; th&re were seen three large ships (one of which carried a Vice-Ad mtral's flag), four brigs, and a schooner of war, off the entrance 'of Cape Nicola Mole. The batteries continued to fire on the town without intermission for the whole day. About one P. same'day, veral new batteries were opened, and the cannon ading continued without intermiSsion while the knited Kingdom was 'within hearing. The fleet chewed no'colOurs, but was supposed to be that be- longing to CIIRISTOPHE, and the batteries playing on the town, manned from the army under tie same Chief, - attaching the Mole, as it was in possession of PETION at that time." The Address of L —Outs BUONArARTE to the Le gislative Body,' upon hiS abdication, which we yes terday laid before our Readers, is One of the most interesting Documents whi.ch has for some time been published. We, are not disposed to entertain • . Very favourable sentirnentsipwards any of the Bvo- NAPARTE family; it is, however, but justice to ac knowledge," that the conduct of Lotus, during the whole time that he was on the Throne of Holland, and the manly spirit which he has, rettently displq ed, entitle him to respect,' and even to esteem. With regard to the conduct. of BUONAEARTE' upon this occasion, it really has surprised us... We were not absurd enough to ,suppose that he, would for a moment hesitate atany aet of cruelty, injustice, or. oppression, when his interest; his ambition, or his . „ revenge was concdrned ; but such an act of useless treachery, such. a display of gratuitous insult, as he has lately been guilty of toWards.tbe people of Hol land, we never before witnessed, even in' his Aro, cious career. His treatment of the Royal Family and of the people of Spain , was, it is true, marked with the most - detestable fraud and i:Justice, btit then, that family were ,Boottpcncs, and he wished to gra tify his ambition and promote his interest by placing his brother on . the Spanish Throne. Bet in the pre sent instance, he has not even that apology to for Holland Was, - -to'all intents and purposes, a Pro- Vince . of .FranCe ; her army was at the disposal of France; .the whOle of her coast had been ceded to France; her . principal fortre,ses-were in the posses sion of Fiench troops ; and the brother of BUONA. , PARTE - WAS seated on. the Throne of Holland : ; so that it is almost impossible to discover any rational objet which the Tyrant could have for Ilk Condt.i6t. The iinfortianate Louts states, that having signed a Treaty, every line- of which .13UONAPARTE.-bad himself tated, he was justified in supposing that there would be nothing further to demaed ; but it appears that even he did, not know his brothel's character. He did not think that, 'within a few months after he signed a Treaty, drawn up BUONAPARTE hithself,,in which a considerable portion of the Dutch territories were ceded, in order to preserve the nominal independ ence of the remainder, that BUONAPAR . TE .would as sign that very Treaty as a 'reason why that nominal independence, which he had granted to Holland,' should no longer exist. It is indeed worthy of observation, that all the reasons which' Buo- NAPARTk has . assigned for annexing Holland to France • are drawn from his own tyrannical conduct to that unfortunate country. He ;,say's, ". Holland can no longer , remain independent, because..she is forced to take a part in the quarrels of France." Forced—by whom ?By Buo-. NAE)ARTE ; by the very man who assigns that as a reason for his atrocious injustice. Holland would, if,she were permitted, gladly withdraw herself from the quarrels of France, and make peace with 'Eng land ; but BUONAPARTE forces her to continne the war, and then urges her submission as a justification for further. oppression ; he ,also says, that Holland has no commerce; and in the face 'of the world he states that as one of his reasons for annexing Hol land to France. WhO was it destroyed the com merce of Holland ? Who was it that, by his arbi, trary and capricious commercial regulations, re duced the people of Holland to beggary, and drove his own brother. from the throne, because he endeavoured to preserve to, his subjeets . sorne small remains of their trade ? Why, the' very man who now, states, that • her want of , com merce is a reason why Holland should cease to exist as a nation. The same observations apply to another of the reasons which he erges, viz. that Holland is sinking, tinder her debt, and her inpome is not equal to, her ;expenditure. Flow was the debt of Holland incurred ? Not to promote the interests of Holland, but to comply with the rapa cious exactions of BITONAPAKM who multiplied his demands upon't hat unhappy country, exactly in pro portion as he dimitilshed her resources. It is, how- ever, impoSsible to describe the conduct of more accurately, or in stronger colours, than Louis has dene in his Address to the Legis lativeßody: We hope that notwithstanding.all the precautions of the Tyrant, that interesting - Document will 'be circulated over the Continent, and if the people of EurbPe - are not sunk into the most slavish apathy; it must make a deep impression upon them. The Spaniards, it is true, want no arguments draWti from 13UONAP ARTE'S COOcitl& to other_ nations, to stimulate them to a glorions resistance ; but even they • may find, in 'his treatment. of Holland, additional reasons to induce them to persevere in the noble contest in which they are engaged. There is one part of his Address in which Louis appears to have been mistaken : he says, speaking of.his Wife, " she will do every thing that shall be agreeable to' the Emperor and will succeed better than mysilf." This prediction has not been veri• fied. BUONAPARTE has deprived hers of the Regency with as little ceremony as h e did L ouis of his Throne. It is said that she died suddenly, while taking.the waters.at Plombieres; whether this report be well founded or not we do not know, but we think it highly. probable that poor Louis will fall a victim to his brother's vengeance. We have received some more Dutch Papers, from which we have extracted some orders which 800- NArAttrE has eatabilshed ,fos.,the regulation of tl. fisheries, of Holland, and am a proof of the affec tionate tteatment which the people'of klella,ndinay expect front their new Sovereign, we -beg to - call the attention of our Readers to the • sth Article which is as follows ." A French sokher shall be put on board cc each of the fishing-boats; the .masters of which "are, suspected -of -smuggling or communicating " with ,the enemy - and in case of the capture ti " of any:ot , those soldiers by the'enenik, the fish— ;." ery Shall beinstantly prohibited, and a general " ethkr,Lio laid on all the vessels therein employed: " In short, the village inhere the fisherman resides shall be exemplarily punished." An Opposition Paper has this day mentioned a report that Mr. CANNING is going with his friends; Mr. HUSKISSGN and Mr. ELLIS, upon a trip to Ga diz, - and'adds, that they have been persuaded by the Margilis WELLESLEY to extend. their excursion to the Court of Palermo. Hence, the writer, in the' usual sneering style of the Paper allUded to, infers that Mr. CANNiNG will have an opportunity of assisting the Minister whom he appointed to Sicily, without bringing any additional . charge on : his country. That Mr. CANNING . would avail himself of any opportunity of serving his country, We do not doubt, and if he is really going upon anyeipedition of curi, osity orpleasure, the measure; we are' sure, Avillte more 'desirable to him, if it'. should be coupled' with such an opportunity. „ . Supposing the fact to be . as, stated, We see no ground for censure. We remember some years ago, when a mission was supposed to hive been sent from this.country, with the intention of - thwarting the plans of Government, and the Paper in question defended the measure ; but we should think that that was a subject which some of• the friendS of that Paper would not wish to have renewed. - It was rumoured thi's morning, but without the slightest foundation in faa, that Mini,ters had re ceived an account of a battle in Portugal.' , - We understand that a new B revet i s settled, and is forthwith to take place, viz, 'All Lieutenant-Generals down t9Lientenant-Ge ner,zl WEI YT - E, incluiFtie, to be Oenerals, All Major-Generals down to Major-General F. RuOotsirtg, to be Lieutenant-Generals. • • All Colonels, down to the Hon Colonel C. W.'STIEWART, to be P.1, , j0r-Generals. All Lieutenant-colonels, do wn to Lieutenant-Co lonel H. TAYLOR, to be .Colonels: • • The Brevet is also to in'clude an adVance of Ma jors, to the rank of L;eutenant7Colon.,,-.1, and tains to be Majors, b u t we - have not heard the precise period to which these two last ate to come down,— The one, we, believe, is to descend to the end of 1800, and.the other tb the.end of 1802: By the above Major-Generals C.:,CRANt'FUID and F. HUGONIN quit the Staff. „• .. •• • , . • Private ad vices from Philadelphia ; to the 24th • state, that General-ARMSTRONG had apprised the Government, that having totally failed in his ne`go , dation with France, and aqeing not th e smalle-it prospect of receiving any kind of satisfaction ; either political orpecuniary, it was his intention to return to the United States s soon as possible. The ,dis patches brouVht by the Jain iidants were the last he proposed to send. These letters also mention the Sailing of two British regiment's from Halifax .frir the Cape of Good Hope, tor the purpose.of acting against the I. of*France, should circumstances ren— der it Advisable. ' The immense value of the property of every kind that is accumulated in Heligoland, has induced the utmost vigilance to prevent any accidents from fire in that island. We learn by a letter from thence dated the 'Oita instant, that a civil watch is appoint ed from the firing of the evening guns, till 6 o'clock in the morning, Whose business - it iStOThee that all lights and fires are extinguished at the appointed .time ; that' all combustible' matters are removed from the streets, and that the. lanes' and alleys - are kept clear of every thing that might obstruat the pas sage. The committee of safely• or 'precaution Con sists ,of three merchants .as head-constables, six clerks as sub-constables, and twelve wor k men as privates, or. watchmen : one, constable, two sub consiables, and four men of which ire constantly going their rounds. ,• Lieutenant . Lever, who was wounded in a duel with Mr. Knyvett, in the neighbourhood of. Dor- Chester, on Friday sennight, relative to a dispute in a,ball-room, died of !he wound on the•breast on Monday ; and a Coroner's Jury has delivered - ;ve;-: diet of wilful murder against Mr. K. who has fled. , The parties were nearly.relaied.. .If the condua Aid chArader of . BUONAPARTE ! were not too well .known for every species of in iquity, the world might be surprized. at his con duct towards his brother Louis. But he has prov ed himself on numberless occasions utterly destitute of every feeling of humanity, except in a thirst for power, which scents to exceed that of any tyra n t or *conqueror that history has recorded. 7• It is plain indeed, that his ambition absorbs hiS mind so much as to render him insensible to the dictates of com mon policy, tor it never can be supposed, that with the detestation which he has : excited, he can live without the constant danger of a dreadful termina tion of his despotism. Mankind can only submit to a certain extent, and his euorthiiies seem to have reached' , to the utmost bounds of human patience and endnrance. On Tuesday, a large party - of Fashionahlespro ceeded from Windsor, on an aquatic excursion to Cliff,:en Spring, near Ma,denhead, the residence of the Countess of ORKNEY, 'where they dined on the beautiful lawn by the giver side: The Stafford, band was in attendance, and added grearly. to the pleasures of the festive scene, from which they did not return until eleven o'cloch.'?t night. it TVIRATEZ.-The new comrdy of •in the City . was again represented on Thursi4 and 1431 /night the flay-market Theatre. 1 1 • au.,hor has res . peelfuify Sub m it te d t o p u bli c judgment by, the orniision, or. retrenchment. of every thing deemed exceptionable in the first performance. An entire scene in the f.,urth aet has been sTuck and the whole wea r s a More compact shape. We have no reason tnalter our . opityon RS to the merits of the rieee;_ 'There is nothing very stri4i4. or interesting; but, as we; before observed, it fl stand a coMpariSOn with most .of tlae aw d u ct ions 0 . ifs day, and lik e them i,s tendered verPt ntertainnl .by.the perfOritiettS . ... Thefewas a genteel and nuale' roos audiencelast night, and the piece was in gen.!: I;•ecierved, and the disapproba t i on ver y fain` and limited. • DON,is , going to perform i n D u blin, t ill the opening 12f, Cove:tt Garden. Theatre. He has .re' cep tlybeen pet Conning at ,t... 7 11c1tt-mharn with mach- • . _ success. - The Managers of the. Hay-market' Theatre, we understand, have made - a rerrhandsomc,,present of "a. gold..Vatch, a ,to ~Mrs. C..Keits4BlE' in . return for her Voluntary and gratuitouS perfortn;' ances, a -thiabvginning of the sensony till the arrio' of Mr,s. GLO VER.: 2 ,Mrs. hCMBLZ is engaged for the remainder of the • Summer Season at Cheitenhatl i, York, and other places. . Mr:WII4IE, the attist, we are sorry to 1 01.1 has been much. indisposed, but he is now so mOO recovered, that he is expelled soon to resume tho o hiboitrs whichdo 'honour to him Self and his country- We are sorry tole I n 'that 'Mr.' L'E Wl's, late of C ° , l vent Garden Theit re ,ha s ,b een lately mileti His health,. however, is improving, a.eircuenstatie s which the public .will of course be glad to hear, a s ' his talents so often afforded them pleasUre. Lord 1-liwKE, it is said, haS quite reco% ered troll ) the effeas of hiS late overthrow, and is tious the honour of continuing a ineept or of the It • - - appears that, according to th e Chi nese coo,e of laws, one cause o(divorce from a. %A ife . is talkative , There must be a strangeidiffeeence wee' ) .the women of China and those of this country, for here such a law would be a Mere dead letter. . . As Mr. Percival, a-glass merchant, ,of Chester' was on. Sunday se'unight proceeding Hl a 'gig w i , h his i.e to Carnarvon, he was suddenh thro, .consequence of the horse making a yioletit The. wife, a beautiful young. woman, i unnediai eIY tempi ed:toleap I , ut, but her cleaths t mangling the hlnap, She,tell on s her head, and Was instantsn y The- -circumstances - attending the robbery °P Messrs. Hoare, lkirnett, and. Co. are as follow. Connelly: received ayment for a navy bill, amol ji ; ing 4,6001. and bels o c on t r i ve d i t i n t h e bon 30. Mev ~ i rs. :Hoare's, that it was not discoVered.- , afterwards absettied,himself, and sent a note, stalq'/' that he wN'ulw,•il,' vvhich was a sat IsfaatOy for . his non - -attendConnollyce. Conolly livid 'wit It his f',l - 'and rnethce, in . Ole neighbourhood of Sert-c° : lane, and he told them he ws going cut of totro .ac , .;otint of .his being iii. entry -re a i'"'" ol from .hiM ) whh a small one en c l ose d, di re cted 10 d Mr: Dillon, why was securitylo . Messrs. Hoare o'' .e Co: for him. Op Mr. Dillon's. opening • it, tb el were bank notes. to t h e amount of 9401. without 6 1 )i 4 6 explana.ion,-.only that he would call upon hitt-Olio foUWing day to explain.. .Conholly not .calling 'e e l ) Mr, Dillon toexpiatn th e cause o f , send i n g him 51)- a large sum of m one y, h e went to t h e shop of . 1 N10,' 5. y Hoare...to. inquire after . Connolly,..a n d' fi n d in g ' P I :. 'knew nothing-of him, he tu e nti one d t h e ctre'lle'd stance of haying received the 04n1,‘ - whi t :b iodtAc. o them toexatnine their books, when the r o bbery discovered: ,•: A letter isTeceived from an Officer on board Repk/se, at Malta, which Mentions the liglO in ti g : having struck a few only of the men; some of were dreadfully• scorched, and three were khr e. The vvriter had a narrow escape - • Rivett, the Bow.st r eet Officer, On his arrival a t 111 e Isle of Wight, to appreh e nd• En s ign H ep b ur n ) I`l,t 0 most detestable offe nce , a p p li e d to G enera l VP°, the General , of the' depot,- - for assistance, who 1 0 . dered the officer every' possible help ; He sent to the, Adjutant, who i n f orme d t h e G enera l that bot sign Hepburn was on ti le p ara d e in the morning,' , a 5, he was. then out of th e b a r rac k s, . an d a g ree d to v at with Rivett in pursuit of him; just- as they g ot i n of of the barracks, they saw Hepburn coming arm with another officer. Rivett seized Hal,b°tv~ and told him he was his prisoner,- and disarmed li no of his sword. Hepburn requeSt e d permission ,0 , take his clothes and property wi t h him, but the be jutant replied .thit could not be pertniited, rl 5 ~a was in debt to the regiment .He was convele u .d his apartments, wher e Ri vett handcuffed him,' he wished to avoid very much, but Rivett told 1 . 3 he could not dispense with it, as a.security to fli, self. He was allowed to take a change of linen jr , his great coat with hi m , w i t h w hi c h h e eudeov°llo ed to conceal his handcuff's, as he passed out o l d $ barracks. Ritrett got'him into his gig, and 4 0 , boat to convey him from 'Cowes' to SouthainP t , io g where he lodged him - its the prison ; the toil e ' day he travelled with him handcuffed. Hepburn w'as not fully committed- forAriar ntl tr Thursday; before . Mr. B IRNIE , as erroneous ly Stte , in a Paler 'of yesterday ; but wa s mere l y b efo re MARES fora te‘.v wiinites privately, when not 3f , most trifling sew circumstance transpired. Ht " T v, however,. committed yesterday f o r t,ial bY NAAES,' With White, the drummer-bay- Guards, about 16 years of. age. • The princfPa l kn . " p deuce against them both another drummer"— about the same age, of tbe,natne of Mann. P i t 'On Thursday afternoou,.a child, abotit two y . of age; •,son' . to a labouring ti at Laytonitoue , l 'r sex, playing in.the yird by it,ell, ll by some acci'l i , fell info.a pail of wager, heid torenl33l, in. which tpotion tt uaS'discover.-A , suffocated to (.bath." :Thurday Mary Ikeiion ,u n cle, we nt a fi n al elc3l l nation at the Public-Office, \Vhitechapel, bc ) , oo charged with . passing counterfeit of those issued by the Bank. It appemcd dial Le had several wotnen connected with her in 11 1 ' 6 Carious traffic. . - - ri' The Alert, Capt. AtiA'Nt's, of Ramsgate, p ° Bind for Milford, put into the Mount Pier on '' Q'u o pe flay last,' having 4tru% k on a sunk en rock orf 1 1 0 ) ,Lizard ; which rock Capt. .A DAM 4 say:, iS 11()t down in any Chart. It bears S. by E. fro' Stags. led Oec VI I , bed th ei kill( POe „ L Pr , Qat I( t:rd ,~